Have you ever made a quick decision that turns out to be monumentally life changing? Rural business coach Tori Kopke has. She’s made at least three. Find out how backpacker Texan Tori finds herself stuck in Margaret River with no money after having spent it doing numerous wine tours. Where to next? Travelling gives you the courage to do some crazy things. She chooses the wheatbelt town of Cunderdin to have her final Australian adventure before heading back to Texas.  What happens next? You’re going to have to join us to find out! Time: 31.56minWhat we talk about:·         Texas·         Leaving the life you know for love·         Travelling backpacker style (not!) throughout the South West of Western Australia·         The train to Cunderdin ·         Stopping a plane from taking off -  for love·         Going shooting as a first date·         Rural living·         Leaning into discomfort ·         Family support, business support·         Self-confidence, intuition, trust·         Building a rural business network·         The Big Ideas Rural·         Building a business·         Doing business in the city, doing business in the country·         Collaboration – doing things rurally·         Courage is necessary·         Why Tori’s business coach is courageous Contact ToriWebsite: Www.toriKopke.com FB: Tori Kopke - The Rural Business Coach | FacebookLinkedIn:http://linkedin.com/in/theruralbusinesscoachPodcast: Big Ideas Rural Interview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: - Don’t ya bite now – Dan Lebowitz, Follow the Shadows - The 126ers  Support the show

Today we enter the world of psychologist Steph Schmidt and her experience with post-natal depression. Not just once but twice. Post-natal depression doesn’t discriminate, even when you’ve been trained with tools and strategies at your fingertips. Steph talks about her time and what has helped her move through the challenges that PND brings. We also talk about what it’s like to be a rural psychologist in isolated communities and be 2020 Agrifutures Rural Women’s Award winner during COVID19. Come and join us. Time: 38.23minWhat we talk about:·         What it’s like being a psychologist with post-natal depression·         Therapy for the therapist·         The benefits of being an award winner during COVID-19 when you are pregnant·         Motherhood and post-natal depression·         Isolation and loneliness·         Mental health in rural and isolated communities·         What it means to live rurally or remotely·         Leaning into discomfort·         Strategies for getting well and remaining well·         Identifying achievements when someone has post-natal depression·         Self care makes Steph a better wife and mum·         Mental health challenges in rural settings caused by natural disasters·         Rural resilience and rural resilience programs·         The benefit of being flexible and adaptable ·         Steph’s amazing grandmothers being her courageous influence·         Fleeing from war, being a refugee, leaving it all behind Contact StephWebsite: www.cultivatepsych.com.auFB: www.facebook.com/cultivatepsychologyIG:@cultivatepsychologyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieschmidt2934/ Interview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: - Easy Day – Kevin McLeod, Eternal Garden – Dan HenigSupport the show

What is it that makes someone want to become an activist? Peta Goodwin is an activist and co-founder of the unplanned movement called Nannas for Native Forests. Being an activist takes time, co-ordination skills and a lot of work – especially if you are the co-founder. There has been a groundswell of support for Nannas for Native Forests as people realise or come to realise how destructive the culling of forests means for the environment.  Destroying trees has consequences - for humans and climate change. I have never interviewed an activist before let alone spoken to one but knew off the bat Peta and I have something in common. Our love of trees.Join Peta and me as we discuss the unplanned founding of a movement and what it has meant to Peta’s life beyond retirement.  You also get to hear Peta sing the Nanas anthem! It’s awesome!Time: 20.58minWe talk about: ·         The reason why Peta became an activist·         What it’s like being a co-leader of a movement when you are supposed to be retired!·         Taking part in her first blockade·         The rapid growth of the movement·         Creating an anthem ·         Why Peta’s mum is her courageous influenceContact PetaFB: Nannas for Native Forests | Facebook Interview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: The High Line,  Playdate - The Great North Sound SocietySupport the show

Meet Melia Brent-White.  A past wine maker who gained minor celebrity status in the 2000s. Find out why she decided to radically change direction and leave the wine industry and the family legacy. The decision meant setting out on her own courageous path. A path that would take Melia towards Body Talk - an energetic-type therapy which enables Melia to communicate with the body to help it heal itself. Growing up rurally and being a bush kid Melia never lost connection with the land. We talk wine, body talk, land management, horses, health challenges and Melia’s vision. Take a listen. Time: 39.45 minWe talk about: ·         Growing up on the land in the South West of Western Australia·         Being a winemaker ·         Being part of the family legacy·         Burn out and health complications·         Being a star – a female farmer on TV. Who will she marry?·         Finding love away from the spotlight·         Finding a new path ·         Body Talk – what is it exactly?·         The healing power of horses·         The earth wants healing·         Land intelligence and land ownership (the white fella way)·         Healing through holism·         Our individual connection to the land. What does it mean?·         Melia’s courageous hero – Charles Massey ·         Melia’s vision for her own future·         The heart of a lion Contact MeliaWebsite: www.meliabrentwhite.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/innerequilibriumIG: inner_equilibrium_melia Interview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits:Pink Sunrise  - The Great North South Society, Playdate  - The Great North South SocietySupport the show

Ever wondered what it would be like to foster a child in the middle of nowhere? Jane Smith (not her real name) lives on a station somewhere in Australia on 1 million acres of land. Jane was studying to be a doctor and during her training she did a few units on indigenous affairs and thought she had it all covered when she and her husband decided to adopt two indigenous children. Little did she realise she was going to go on a roller coaster ride that would involve intergenerational trauma and all the behaviours that came with it.Jane wanted to share this story so that people would get a real insight into the joys and challenges of adoption. She shares her fears and being humbled by the personal and spiritual growth she has experienced since adopting two indigenous children. Jane also provides some insight into being a white woman who moves between a white world and indigenous culture because she wants her adopted children to never forget their indigenous heritage. I invite you to listen to Jane’s experience. A couple of things about the interview: ·         No indigenous names are mentioned in this story.·         If you find this story triggering at any point please stop listening and seek the advice of an appropriate health professional. Time: 35.10 minWe talk about: ·         Living remotely·         Station life·         Social issues and isolated rural community living·         Indigenous fostering and adoption·         Intergenerational trauma·         Indigenous spirituality·         Effects of childhood trauma·         Taking care of a traumatised child·         Living in a blended culture·         The outcome of killing a dog (by accident)·         CourageContact details: N/AInterview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: Knowpe - Noir Et Blanc Vie, Eternal Garden – Dan HenigSupport the show

Libby Finlayson grew up rurally and on stations during her childhood and eventually got married to a farmer. She loved her life. She was on acreage, worked the land and with animals, got to ride horses all the time and began a family with her husband on the land. One day, it all changed. She was given unexpected news. Her husband no longer wanted to be married – to her. Libby’s whole world was rocked. The farming and community life she adored was no more. Find out how Libby changed her life and used deep emotional pain as fuel to help others in a way that would never have happened if she was still married.  Note, in this interview you may hear a dog barking from time to time. Allow it to be part of the rural ambiance. Time: 33.45min We talk about: ·         Station life·         Hardship·         Having a governess growing up·         Being a solo adventurer·         Being among station cowboys·         Getting down and dirty mustering, scruffing & castrating!·         The farm life·         Married with kids·         Marriage break up and the aftermath·         Leaving behind the dream life·         Rebuilding ·         Anger, grief and finding inner strength·         The rollercoaster ride of emotions·         City vs rural divorce. Is there a difference?·         Single parenting·         A new calling ·         Health and divorce coaching·         Habit and the ability to change·         Libby’s mum and the women of her generation being courageous heroines·         Courage·         Turning adversity into a blessingContact Libby: Website: libfinlifestyle.com.auIG @libfinlifestyle, @beyonddivorcecoachFB LibfinlifestyleInterview: Sana Turnock Produced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: Liquid time -  Aakash Ghandi, Eternal garden – Dan Henig Support the show

Donna Campisi is a driven and passionate woman. What has made her that way? It would be fair to say, that having a stroke at the age of 7, being diagnosed with diabetes at 14 AND being told you were unlikely to talk or walk again, would have something to do with it. Donna could have accepted her circumstances and be living a very different life today. Instead, with determination and ongoing support from her parents, hospital staff, allied health professionals and others, Donna became known as the Miracle Girl. Find out how Donna defied the odds to walk and talk, run a 42km marathon and go on to become a writing coach, keynote speaker, podcaster and author of 4 inspirational books. Duration: 29minWe talk about:·         Donna’s early life challenges·        Determination·         Giving things a go ·         The Baby Steps Method·         Her books The Unlikely Marathoner and Change is not a Scary Word·         How to train for a 42 km marathon as someone who couldn’t run before·         Being courageous·         Why marathon runner and ex-parliamentarian Pat Farmer is someone Donna         finds courageous and simply amazing  Contact Donna:Website & books: www.donnacampisi.comSocial Media HandlesFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/DonnaCampisiSpeakerAuthorAdventurerInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/donna_campisi_/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnacampisi/Podcast Name - https://donnacampisi.com/ready-set-goal/Interview: Sana TurnockProduced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits:Fonkee Ryde 2020Jal Edge of Water - Aakash GandhiSupport the show

A lot of authors write books based on direct experience. Author and coach Sherianna Boyle was not expecting to take a deep dive into why her perfect marriage fell apart so quickly while undertaking research on her (then) up and coming book Mantras Made Easy.Betrayal is tough in any relationship and while in the thick of her own despair Sherianna uses her marriage breakdown as research and to do her own emotional decluttering. She turned this into a book too - Emotional Detox.  Another book called Emotional Detox for Anxiety followed. We are given a window of opportunity to peer into Sherianna’s life and personal growth and dare I say, into our own. Duration: 32.28 minWe talk about:·         A marriage breakdown·         Forgiveness over walking away·         Emotional detox·         Research and Sherianna’s books Mantras Made Easy, Emotional Detox & Emotional                Detox for Anxiety·         Being a published author with a reputable company·         Courage·         Why Sherianna finds her husband courageousContact Sherianna:Website: www.sheriannaboyle.com & Books | Sherianna BoyleSocial Media HandlesInstagram: sherianna.boyle LinkedIn: sheriannaboylePodcast Name: Emotional Detox Interview: Sana TurnockProduced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits:Knowpe - Noir Et Blanc VieA Typical Ride Out  -  Support the show

Meet Christoffel Sneijder, a Dutch man who immigrated to Australia some years ago and now calls Australia home. He’s on the author series as he wrote a book with a sexy title - How Men and Women Fit - finally understand your partner with the three brains theory.I did say sexy didn’t I? We weave the subject matter of his book title with real life examples. You find out about Chris’s  mother and grandmother  being forced to live in an internment camp and his grandfather being used as labour to build the infamous Burma railway during WW2. We dive into intergenerational trauma, a relationship ending soon after migrating to a new country, resilience and the importance of loving yourself.Come and join me. We can connect with our head, heart and gut brains together. Duration: 29 minWe talk about:·         The concept of the three brains ·         Christoffel’s book ·         Intergenerational trauma·         World War II·         The connection between our three brains, relationships and trauma·         Migrating to a new country·         A relationship lost soon after moving to a new country·         Depression ·         Picking yourself·         Loving yourself·         Courage  Contact Christoffel:Website: www.pealacademy.comPurchase Christoffel’s book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081TQZP5B Interview: Sana TurnockProduced and edited by: Sana Turnock Editing and audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits:Support the show

Fleur McDonald is one of Australia’s leading authors in rural literature and storytelling. Fleur is a prolific writer and to date has published 16 novels, while still living on a working farm. We talk about courageous characters in her novels and find out whether there is a hint of Fleur in any of the rural heroines we read about. We don’t just talk books though. We dive into Fleur cutting her teeth working the land, firstly as a jillaroo, then what it’s like to live in a remote environment and raise a family with children who needed a lot of early health interventions.  We also have an important chat about domestic violence and how it relates to rural living. Duration: 32 minWe talk about:·         Life growing up in rural and isolated Australian landscapes·         Life as a jillaroo and female farmer·         Raising children with special needs          Living  in a rural landscape without running water, electricity and basic amenities·         Anxiety ·         Access to mental health services in rural Australia·         Domestic Violence·         The organisation DV Assist ·         Courageous female characters in Fleur’s novels·         Courage to be kindContact FleurWebsite: https://www.fleurmcdonald.com/Fleur’s novels:  Novels – Fleur McDonaldDV assist: https://dvassist.org.au/  (Rural domestic violence assistance)Social Media HandlesFacebook:@FleurMcDonaldAuthorInstagram: fleurmcdonald Interview: Sana TurnockProduced and edited by: Sana Turnock Audio mastering: Woods Media Lab Copyright-free music credits: Apolllo - Patrick Patrikios  Support the show